Docs to Go

28.05, 10.00 – 13.00 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS – ASP KINO

28.05, 14.30 – 18.30 ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS – MOS 4

RECORDED PITCHING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WATCH IN THE KFF INDUSTRY GUEST ZONE FROM MAY 29

TBC – ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS ONLINE

access with passes: Industry, Industry Pro, Industry Light, Media, Student

A presentation of recent Polish documentary projects at the postproduction stage preceded by intensive workshop Doc Lab Poland: Doc Lab Go. Its purpose is to find distributor, sales agent, buyer and perfect place for festival premiere and other screenings.

This year, additionally – as part of the DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINE project – Polish creators will be joined by artists and producers from Ukraine

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SELECTED PROJECTS:

• Every Death Diminishes Me, dir. Sergiusz Bażenov, prod. Inna Lastochkina / Trilobit Films LLC (UKRAINE)
• Hide Me In The Light, dir. Markiian Miroshnychenko, Natalia Kovalyova, prod. Oleksandr Krasenkov, Kateryna Ptashka / Life Map Films (UKRAINE)
• Inner Landscapes, dir. Zofia Sawicka, prod. Maciej Kubicki, Zofia Kujawska/ Telemark sp. z o.o.
• Maestra, dir. Magda Nabiałczyk, prod. Iwona Harris / Lollipop Films Sp. z o.o.
• The Curse, dir. Jakub Jakubik, prod. Michał Sadowski / SHADOWS OF
  THE MIND Sp. z o.o.
• The Escape, dir. Yevgenia Danylenko-Bekker, prod. Anahit Zakaryan / Picartix Production (UKRAINE)
• The Herd, dir. Mariusz Biernacki, prod. Iga Malińska / Play Colors Media
• Theater on Main Street – The Ida Kaminska Story,  dir. Dawid Szurmiej, prod. Katarzyna Kaczmarek, Milena Drincić, Dawid Szurmiej / Studio Agart
• Tickling the Devil, dir. Piotr Małecki, Maciek Nabrdalik, prod. Piotr Małecki / Short Docs Media

DOC LAB POLAND AWARDS 2025:

POLISH FILM INSTITUTE AWARD — 15 000 PLN in cash
FINA AWARD — in-kind: archival materials worth of 50 000 PLN
WFF AWARD — image and sound post-production services worth of 25 000 PLN
FIXAFILM AWARD — image post-production services worth of 15 000 PLN
MX35 AWARD — film equipment rental services worth of 10 000 PLN
CAFE OLE AWARD — sound post-production services worth of 10 000 PLN
DOK LEIPZIG SPECIAL MENTION — invitation to Co Pro Meetings in Leipzig
IDFA SPECIAL MENTION — invitation as a guest project to IDFA Forum
INSTITUTE OF DOCUMENTARY FILM SPECIAL MENTION — invitation to East Doc Platform
FIPADOC SPECIAL MENTION — invitation as a guest project to FIPADOC Industry
POLISH DOCS PRO SPECIAL MENTION — support of international Promotion and invitation to one of the key world documentary industry event
DAE ENCOURAGEMENT SPECIAL MENTION — 1 year free membership and 1 consultation with an expert

DOCS TO GO TUTORS:

Jacek Bławut is a film producer, director and cinematographer. Lecturer at film schools in Łódź, Berlin, Hannover and Warsaw. Member of the European Film Academy and the Polish Filmmakers Association. His films earned numerous awards at film festivals i.a. Tampere Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival, Krakow Film Festival, Camerimage and Toronto International Film Festival.

Anna Wydra – runs Otter Films, Warsaw‐based production company focused on art‐house fiction and documentary films. Together with director Bartek Konopka she got an Oscar nomination for the documentary Rabbit à la Berlin. She produced or co‐produced many documentary movies: 6 Degrees, Deep Love, Domino Effect, Art of Disappearing and Communion (European Film Award). Films produced by Anna won awards at Locarno IFF, Hot Docs, Krakow FF, Jihlava IDFF and Warsaw IFF. Feature film Zud by Marta Minorowicz had its premiere on Berlinale and Ayka by Sergey Dvortsevoy was nominated to Palme d’Or at Cannes FF.

Aleksandra Derewienko – completed postgraduate studies in TV and Film Organization at the National Film School in Lodz, and the MEGA Plus course – European Master in Audio-visual Management in Spain. In 2016, after working as a sales manager at Taskovski Films for four years, she joined CAT&Docs in sales and acquisition. She has participated in many international festivals and markets and was a member of the pitching panels at Baltic Sea Docs, Visions du Reel,Krakow Film Festival, DMZ DOCS or Tokyo Docs, among others.

Peter Jaeger – After studying law and philosophy, Peter started as Sales & Marketing Director of a film magazine. He moved on to become Marketing & Acquisitions Director for renowned theatrical distributors in the Benelux, releasing over a 100 films like Mulholland Drive, Festen, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. In 2004 Peter moved to Vienna to start Autlook Filmsales, creating one of the world’s leading sales agents for creative docs. In 2015 he created a consulting company – Jaeger Creative – focusing on Dramaturgy, innovative distribution, financing & marketing solutions for films & series. Peter is also a Lecturer at different film schools like Vienna Film Academy, a jury member of the Flemish & Vienna Film Fund and a Creative Europe expert

Adam Ślesicki – Founder and president of The Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation; head of DOC LAB POLAND – training and pitching program for documentary filmmakers; producer or executive producer of over 20 documentary movies, including the Oscar nominee ‘Joanna’ and the EFA nominee ‘Paparazzi’.

Docs to Go is co-organized by The Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation as a part of DOC LAB POLAND